عهد و قرض ما چه باشد ای حزین ** هم‌چو دانه‌ی خشک کشتن در زمین

What is our covenant and loan, O sorrowful one? (It is) like sowing a dry seed in the earth.

نه زمین را زان فروغ و لمتری ** نه خداوند زمین را توانگری 1185

From that (sowing) neither do glory and grandeur accrue to the earth, nor riches to the owner of the earth.

جز اشارت که ازین می‌بایدم ** که تو دادی اصل این را از عدم

(’Tis nothing) except an indication, as though to say, ‘I need this kind (of produce), the origin whereof Thou didst create from non-existence.

خوردم و دانه بیاوردم نشان ** که ازین نعمت به سوی ما کشان

I ate, and (now) I bring the seed as a token, begging Thee to send to us such bounty (as before).’

پس دعای خشک هل ای نیک‌بخت ** که فشاند دانه می‌خواهد درخت

Abandon, then, the dry (verbal) prayer, O fortunate one; for the tree demands (presupposes) the scattering of seed.

گر نداری دانه ایزد زان دعا ** بخشدت نخلی که نعم ما سعی

(But) if you have no seed, on account of that prayer God will bestow on you a palm-tree, saying, ‘How well did he labour!’

هم‌چو مریم درد بودش دانه نی ** سبز کرد آن نخل را صاحب‌فنی 1190

Like Mary: she had (heartfelt) pain, but no seed: an artful One made green that (withered) palm-tree (for her sake).

زانک وافی بود آن خاتون راد ** بی‌مرادش داد یزدان صد مراد

Because that noble Lady was loyal (to God), God gave unto her a hundred desires without desire on her part.

آن جماعت را که وافی بوده‌اند ** بر همه اصنافشان افزوده‌اند

The company who have been loyal are given superiority over all (other) sorts (of men).

گشت دریاها مسخرشان و کوه ** چار عنصر نیز بنده‌ی آن گروه

Seas and mountains are made subject to them; the four elements also are the slaves of that class.